Serco

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.

Andrew Murrison: Expenditure on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Serco is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Financial year Expenditure (£ million) 
			 2008-09 666.6 
			 2009-10 652.7 
			 2010-11 642.5 
			 2011-12 625.3 
			 2012-13 645.9 
			 2013-14 (to 30 June 2013) 174.2 
		
	
	These figures include expenditure by MOD Trading Funds, but do not include payments which may have been made on behalf of other Government Departments by the MOD's executive non-departmental public bodies (which lie outside the MOD's accounting boundary), locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments and in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments. Payments made by Government Procurement Card are also not included.
	Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award:
	www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/
	In addition, Departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000.